title: Parachordoma of soft tissues of the arm: a very rare tumour.
abstract: Parachordoma is an infrequent neoplasm that bears some histologic resemblance to chordoma. It affects both sexes, occurs typically during the fourth decade of life, and tends to present as a slow-growing painless mass at the level of the soft tissues of the extremities. Diagnosis should be based on immunohistochemical and cytogenetic studies, as the findings of imaging techniques are often unspecific. Although it is considered a benign lesion, its behavior tends to be locally aggressive, with reports of a recurrence rate of up to 20% and of several cases of metastasis. Fewer than 60 cases have been published in the English-speaking literature. In this paper we present the case of a 32-year-old male with a two-year history of parachordoma in the right wrist.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Avenida Tres Cruces 2, 46014 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Estrems Díaz
authors.forename: Francesc Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Bertó Martí
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zarzuela Sánchez
authors.forename: Maria Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Cabanes Ferrer
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bru Pomer